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Official Markbass Club Pt. 2

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Here's a pic, finally!

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The whole rig (including bass) weighs less than 50 pounds, I can carry it in one load from the van (cab in one hand, cable bag with head in the other, and bass in a bag on my back), and I've used it to play to 800+ with a full band and NO P.A. support! :bassist:

Only need the two cables pictures (Phil Jones Speakon-to-1/4" speaker cable, and Monster Bass 1/4"-1/4" instrument cable), plus the power cable for the amp.

MTD Kingston Artist 5 --> Monster Bass 21' 1/4" angled to 1/4" straight --> Markbass LMII --> Phil Jones Speakon-to-1/4" --> Schroeder 1210L
 
#6
Cool how you guys bring up your single speaker rigs just as I'm coming to the conclusion that I think I prefer single speakers these days. I never used to, but I think I do now. It took a long time to get used to it because I equate bass with big (or at least medium), but when I use a single speaker, my sound is way more even across the stage, and it moves plenty enough air to make me quite happy.

I've been trying to adhere more closely to things Bill FM says about sound onstage, and the more I do what he says, the better it keeps sounding to me. My main rig used to be a Mini CMD121P on a B-15 cab, but now I'm alternating between my Mini CMD121P by itself or a B-15 by itself. It's funny...I used to not care about any of this audiophile crap like comb filtering and phasing and beaming and all that, and now I'm realizing it's all a major reason I haven't ever been completely happy with my live sound. At first I thought the Markbass combo sounded a little thin by itself, but angling it up toward my head and rolling off excess highs with the VLE fattens it up and tames that piezo down. So maybe there is something to that audiophile crap after all ;)
 
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Bassybill: Replying from the first thread. Thanks for the suggestion of the Mark Stand. I had no idea they had such a thing but I found another solution. I raised the 102P about a foot above the 151HR to see how it would be with a 6 space rack under it and it was fine. Then, naturally, I figured there would be rack spaces to fill so I grabbed my ART Pro Channel and ran it through the effects loop and it sounds fantastic. The tube preamp really warms up the sound and can overdrive very nicely, the compressors work well, and the eq is very handy. So I'm happy as a clam.

The only thing I want now is a way to attenuate the 102P. Anyone got ideas on how to do that? (I'm electronically handicapped)
 
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JimmyM said:
Cool how you guys bring up your single speaker rigs just as I'm coming to the conclusion that I think I prefer single speakers these days. I never used to, but I think I do now. It took a long time to get used to it because I equate bass with big (or at least medium), but when I use a single speaker, my sound is way more even across the stage, and it moves plenty enough air to make me quite happy.

I've been trying to adhere more closely to things Bill FM says about sound onstage, and the more I do what he says, the better it keeps sounding to me. My main rig used to be a Mini CMD121P on a B-15 cab, but now I'm alternating between my Mini CMD121P by itself or a B-15 by itself. It's funny...I used to not care about any of this audiophile crap like comb filtering and phasing and beaming and all that, and now I'm realizing it's all a major reason I haven't ever been completely happy with my live sound. At first I thought the Markbass combo sounded a little thin by itself, but angling it up toward my head and rolling off excess highs with the VLE fattens it up and tames that piezo down. So maybe there is something to that audiophile crap after all ;)
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I agree, I take with me my Avatar Neo 2x10 for just in case scenarios, but have really not found any such situation so far, the CMD 121P works just fine in bar settings.
 
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Well, Misfit-X and BassyBill's posts (near the end of Part 1) inspired me to post mine. I don't need a number since I've had the 210 combo since November or December. But I recently got the Traveler 115 to go with the combo. I got the Traveler because of the light weight. I really like the combination so far. The only thing I like better about my old rack system is the rack-mount tuner. I miss having that readily available. Here it is:

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#16
JeffK, nice rig! Identical to my own, as you will have read, I think.

Tuner - I have a little Korg tuner with a built in mic that I velcro to the front of the combo by the control panel (and yes, my wireless receiver is velcroed to the side, or the top ;)). Works perfectly. If I want to tune muted I can just unplug the jack from the combo and stick in into the tuner. That said, I generally just tune using the built in mic at the start of the night and that's sufficient.
 
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Jeff K said:
Thanks Bill. Good idea about the tuner.
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This is the one I have, it's about the same size as my Nokia N95 cellphone, only a little thinner front-to-back:

http://www.amazon.com/Korg-CA-30-Chromatic-Tuner/dp/B000EE2136

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As I said, just two strips of velcro on the back and it sticks to the left of the control panel like **** to a blanket, works great for me.

This is one advantange of carpet covering for gear. Velcro is your friend. Now I just need to remove the cat hairs... :D
 
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bassybill said:
This is the one I have, it's about the same size as my Nokia N95 cellphone, only a little thinner front-to-back:

http://www.amazon.com/Korg-CA-30-Chromatic-Tuner/dp/B000EE2136

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As I said, just two strips of velcro on the back and it sticks to the left of the control panel like **** to a blanket, works great for me.

This is one advantange of carpet covering for gear. Velcro is your friend. Now I just need to remove the cat hairs... :D
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Does it have backlighting? That's usually my gripe concerning cheaper tuners, hard to see anything on stage...
 
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